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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Bipolar Disord. 2009 Dec;11(8):867–875. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00764.x

Table 2.

Agreement between symptoms in first and third, and second and third, major depressive episodes during prospective follow-up

Symptom Symptom prevalence Agreement (Episode 1 versus 3) Agreement (Episode 2 versus 3)
Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Observed Expected kappa z p Observed Expected kappa z p
Hypersomnia 30.9 36.9 39.6 66.9 56.2 0.246 3.033 0.0012 67.8 55.1 0.282 3.503 0.0002
Poor concentration 67.1 69.1 71.8 77.5 71.1 0.223 2.732 0.0032 75.7 71.4 0.150 1.841 0.0328
Worthlessness 73.8 75.0 76.5 79.9 75.4 0.184 2.241 0.0125 76.5 73.3 0.121 1.483 0.0691
Insomnia 34.7 34.5 32.4 64.6 56.8 0.179 2.168 0.0151 64.2 57.2 0.165 1.994 0.0231
Psychomotor agitation 16.8 20.1 17.4 74.3 69.3 0.163 1.992 0.0232 78 70.5 0.255 3.116 0.0009
Guilt/rumination 37.6 37.6 42.3 65.1 58.7 0.155 1.892 0.0293 66.9 57.6 0.221 2.707 0.0034
Suicidal ideation 21.5 26.2 19.5 71.1 66.3 0.142 1.743 0.0406 76.2 69.6 0.217 2.656 0.0040
Poor energy 87.9 81.9 81.2 85.6 83.3 0.134 1.715 0.0432 83.6 83.7 -0.007 -0.086 0.5343
Hyperphagia 19.5 20.8 19.5 70.3 67.5 0.086 1.051 0.1466 76.8 68.2 0.271 3.307 0.0005
Psychomotor retardation 37.6 38.9 37.6 61.4 58.0 0.081 0.986 0.1621 60.4 57.6 0.066 0.801 0.2115
Depressed mood 77.2 63.8 70.5 61.9 60.6 0.034 0.458 0.3235 75.8 66.5 0.279 3.497 0.0002
Loss of appetite 26.8 26.8 31.5 61.9 62.0 -0.004 -0.043 0.5174 70.1 60.4 0.246 3.012 0.0013
Loss of interest 90.6 85.8 89.3 85.5 86.0 -0.039 -0.496 0.6901 91.1 91.3 -0.021 -0.261 0.6030
Distractibility 29.5 42.3 34.2 65.8 57.5 0.195 2.480 0.0066 66.3 60.3 0.151 1.866 0.0310
Flight of ideas 8.1 14.8 10.1 78.7 76.4 0.098 1.251 0.1054 83.4 80 0.171 2.095 0.0181
Goal-directed activity 2.0 2.7 0.7 94.5 94.1 0.063 0.775 0.2192 95.1 95.4 -0.054 -0.665 0.7471
Decreased need for sleep 0.7 2.0 2.7 96.3 96.4 -0.025 -0.345 0.6349 95.5 95.6 -0.027 -0.394 0.6531
Talkativeness 3.4 2.0 1.3 91.1 91.4 -0.032 -0.390 0.6517 94.6 92.8 0.252 3.246 0.0006
High-risk behavior 1.3 4.0 2.0 93.6 93.9 -0.039 -0.522 0.6990 95.3 94.9 0.085 1.096 0.1365
Hallucinations 2.7 1.3 1.3 96.0 96.0 -0.018 -0.236 0.5935 96.0 96.0 -0.018 -0.236 0.5935
Delusions 2.0 1.3 2.0 96.6 96.7 -0.016 -0.204 0.5809 97.3 96.1 0.320 3.902 0.0001
Psychosis 4.0 2.7 3.4 93.3 93.5 -0.033 -0.415 0.6610 94.0 92.9 0.151 1.848 0.0323
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) r p r p

% Days anxious 45.4 (43.2) 51.5 (43.7) 47.4 (42.8) 0.31 0.0001 0.29 0.0004
% Days irritable 34.3 (38.9) 34.5 (38.9) 31.5 (36.2) 0.20 0.0164 0.34 < 0.0001
CGI 4.05 (0.88) 4.06 (0.73) 3.97 (0.74) 0.11 0.1907 0.14 0.0869
Manic symptoms 0.85 (0.99) 0.70 (0.88) 0.59 (0.81) 0.01 0.8920 0.15 0.0700
Depressive symptoms 5.91 (1.24) 5.93 (1.18) 5.91 (1.04) -0.03 0.6905 0.01 0.8920

Shaded rows indicate symptoms with nominally significant (p < 0.05) association between first and third episodes and second and third episodes.